Author: Tad Hills
Publisher: Random House Studio
Published: 10/06/2026
Pages: 36
Binding Type: Board Book
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 7.40h x 6.70w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9798217233243
Audience: Baby-Preschool
Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 514825 / Mistletoe: A Christmas Story
About the Author
Tad Hills is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the Rocket and Duck & Goose series, including the New York Times bestselling picture books How Rocket Learned to Read; Rocket Writes a Story; R Is for Rocket; Duck & Goose; Duck, Duck, Goose; Duck & Goose Go to the Beach; and Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo! He also created various board books in these series, including Rocket's Mighty Words; Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin; the ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book What's Up, Duck?: A Book of Opposites; Duck & Goose: Here Comes the Easter Bunny!; and several Step Into Reading titles, including Drop It, Rocket! and Rocket's 100th Day of School.
The
Boston Globe declared Hills's work "charming, funny, simple, and surprising" and dubbed him "a master of the light comic touch."
Tad lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, two children, and his real-life dog, Rocket, who has not yet learned to read.
Visit Tad online at tadhills.com, and follow him on Twitter at @tadhills.
